Business of Medicine: Resources and Services

Medicare Resources: Business of medicine information on the Medicare Program

Private Payer Resources: Business of medicine information on National Private Payers

E/M Documentation Guidelines: Guidelines for collecting, recording and document medical/patient health information.

Socioeconomic Surveys:This survey is the most highly recognized otolaryngology specific member survey available to date. It contains specialty-specific details about demographics, coding, and income.

Physician Practice Information Survey (PPIS) - Summary Report for Otolaryngology: The Physician Practice Information Survey (PPIS) is a multi-specialty practice expense survey of physicians and other health care providers (such as podiatrists, audiologists, chiropractors, etc.) in the US. The primary purpose of the survey was to aggregate practice expense per hour (PE/HR) data to obtain accurate and reliable data on practices’ direct costs for equipment, supplies and wages for clinical staff.

PPIS Summary Report for All Specialties

Professional Liability Handbook: Designed to inform otolaryngologists about professional liability perils inherent in daily practice and risk management ideas to address some of them.

Office of Inspector General Annual Work Plans (OIG): Describes the reimbursement trends and billing practices that the OIG plans to monitor in the upcoming year and our analysis of these initiatives.